The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-07-14
LORD ANDSYA 4 {. 3: ". B
No. n 49, ~ 'fHgg FV.r' 20 - is.y
SENT BACK TO JAIL YESTERDAY
by Squire W. II. Davis In Default Of 81 900
Bail Eacii--Faneieave Tells HIS Version
Of tho Watch Transaction, and then X
I. 4, Appeals to tho Public for Bail.

c4uIe Nst ny OaVlB yeaterday gave ],
@. Lord and N. H. Yancleave a prelimi.
nary hearing a. his office on Ohapline
street, on the charge Of obtaining two
gold watches from John "A. Lash, tho
ieweler, under false pretenses. Tho facts
arc familiar 10 readera Of the INrgIIloxS.
GER and It was a fotegone conclusion that
they would be required 10 give ball iorr
their appearance at the next term Of the
Circuit Court to answer to tho finding Of
the Grand jury. In default Of 81 600 bail
each they were remanded to jail, though
Squire Davis mercifully told Tailor Mich
ola to conana Yancleaye, who Is over sixty
years old, in the debtors prison, 3 up:
stairs. s li,fyl
Yancleaye gave bis version OF the man.
ner in which the watches were procured,
though he was warned by Prosecuting
Attorney Jordan that be need not testify,
and that any statement he might make 10
bis OVID disadvantage could be used
against him. He said the proposition 10
procure the watches was made BY Lord,
and that he persuaded Lord to get them
OF Lash, as Lush was a friend OF the wit.
neea's. Lord told him to tell Lsah 1 be
had 81, 100 coming to him from Clarks.
burg, which he did. A little later Lord
said to tell Lash that the money, had come
and was In the bank here. This he also
did. He denied receiving any money
from Lord on account OF the watches,
which were pawned, one here and one at
Pittsburgh. He said Lord told him he
had sent bis own watch to Martinsburg,
where his vile was, and borrowed bis,
Lord also told him he had written to Mrs.
Lord to give Mrs. nYancleaye $50. Van.
cleave denied writing note from War
noek's Station telling Mr.. Lash the money
was all right, and said he knew nothing Of
such q note. When shown the note he
said 1t looked like Lords writing. Vi l.l,9
When asked why he told Marahsi Stuff.
OF Bridgeport, that his name was not Van.
cteave, but Hart, he said Lord told him to
assume the name Of Hart. .l I'D 5;jlI
Alter he was remanded Vanclaeve as.
Bured the large crowd present that he
would not run of, and begged that some
body go on his bond, but nobody offered
to do so. 4; I5 y r. a,
The statement was made during the e1-
animation that Lords name was not Lord
but Hughes, or something like Hughes,
that he was from Chicsgo, and that he
once showed one Of the witnessed the
name Of gentleman on time card Of the
| Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, saying
that man WAS bis father. {SSI%' fs3'7
/ When arrested Lord had In his pocket
book a, pawn ticket besides the ones for
the watches. II is proposed to follow up
this clue and find out where he has been
and what he pawned. An effort will also
be made to secure his photograph in the
hope that it will lead to hia Identification
elsewhere. 4 y. n p. 3 Il b..
Lord said to Officer Shorts yesterday
when being escorted back to jail that II
his attorney, Col. 3Arnett, had not for
hidden il, he would have told the whole
truth about the matter, and have shown
that Vancleave wasmoye to blame than he.
The following note was sent 10 SQUIRE
Davis from the jail about hall past aeven
o'clock last evening: ..$935 5s53llS & I;
DRBToR's RooM, OH1o County JAIL, |
So s.es July 18th, 1887. y
To Isaiah Warren, y, u. Cloul.on, Noah Beck, J.
Etiroo a. hughes, William johnson, A. y. Clark,
john Rdgner and G. Il. Collier. q; ~. !
GESTLEMEN:-Plcaso get mo out Of this
place; ! am innocent. I have the mis-
fortune Of getting with man in business
who has brought me to this place. There
will be no wish to run; will stay in the
city until the Circuit Court. Il have no
reason OF desire to betray my trust, God
knows l am honest in what say. 1 am
in the debtors room. NH. YANcJEArE.
This note will be kept by the author
tiles, ss it furnishes a comparison for the
note sent Mr.. Lash from Warnock's